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The Big Story: Plot hole
Did the Indian government fail to act in time to contain the massive second wave of Covid-19 because the top leaders of the ruling party were more focused on an election campaign in West Bengal – in which it would eventually be handed an enormous defeat?
Narrative is important to Narendra Modi. Indeed, it is all encompassing. For the Indian prime minister, no public appearance is a one-off. No speech is routine. A banal flyover inauguration is an opportunity to attack the Opposition for its failures in the past. A visit by a foreign leader is portrayed as recognition of India’s growing stature, powered single-handedly by the prime minister. The end of an election campaign is a chance to be photographed meditating in
India Covid crisis: UAE offers 157 ventilators, 480 BiPAPs among medical supplies
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India is facing acute shortage of medical oxygen amid a devastating second wave.
The UAE has provided 157 ventilators, 480 BiPAPs and other medical supplies to India battling a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections, top officials said.
India is facing acute shortage of medical oxygen. So, ventilators and bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) devices, which offer breathing support, are well-timed Covid-19 relief supplies.
And Arindam Bagchi, official spokesperson, Indian Ministry of External Affairs, thanked the UAE for the ‘gift’.
“Taking forward our warm, close and multi-faceted relations. Thank our friend UAE for gift of 157 ventilators, 480 BiPAPs and other medical supplies,” the spokesperson tweeted.
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Think tanks can link Taiwan, India
By Sana Hashmi
India’s top think tank the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) just concluded India’s flagship foreign policy dialogue the 2021 Raisina Dialogue. Over the past six years, the Raisina Dialogue, funded by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, has attracted several heads of states, ministers, policymakers and top academics from around the world.
The impact of the Raisina Dialogue and the discussion revolving around it have proved beyond doubt that think tanks are one of the most important actors in a country’s foreign policy projection and decisionmaking process.
The ORF, with its international outreach, has been able to further establish a coherent strategic identity of India worldwide.